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TRIP 347              EAST MIDLANDS PLANT                08/12/01

Sinbad Plant, Stapleford

Road/Rail; (303) Caterpiller 312 A6TL01645/2001 (New).

This machine had just been delivered the day before the   visit!

MLP Railway Maintenance, Pinxton (view)

Small Plant; (74050) - BP049,  74051 (BP050) both OOU.

Blyth Plant & Tool Hire, Blyth

Nothing Present. Their VW Multi-Car was out working in the Newcastle Area.

Motherwell Bridge Rail, Sheffield (view)

Small Plant; 74017 - (BP024),  74036 (BP042) both OOU.

South Yorkshire Supertram Ltd, Nunnery Depot (view)

Trams; 109, 124. Passing; 117, 118.

There was no sign of their Road/Rail VW Multi-Car.

Moss Rail, Eckington

Again nothing present. All excavators & small plant was out working in the Edinburgh area.

EWS Toton Depot & Yard (view)

08511, 37220/886, 56003/007/085, 58014/044/046, 60034/036,       66025/044/141/191/193/204/210. Barrier Vehicles; 977945/947. Tamper; 73427. Cranes; 81528/529/531. CWR Vehicles; 89015, 979038/039/040/041/042/043/400/515/611. Road/Rail; C923YOR, C951YOR, C 955 YOR, R 6 EWS.

Sinbad Plant (Site), Clay Mills, Burton Upon Trent

Road/Rail; 302 Y 265 BBC - Caterpillar 312 6TL01325/2001 (New),238 N 91 VOJ - Caterpillar 206 9BF01066, 236 M 845 MOL - Caterpillar 206 9BF01117, 146 - Caterpillar D5M 3DR00266/97, (303) - Caterpillar 312 A6TL01645 (New, previously noted at Stapleford prior to delivery on site).

Passing: 56114, 60007. DMU; 153333, 170507/631. HST; 43100/123.

Bombardier Transportation, Central Rivers, Barton Under Needwood

DMU; 220007/011/026/027.

Road/Rail Services, Greendales Farm, Elford